Knowledge, attitude and self-reported hand washing practice among healthcare staff of military hospital, Rawalpindi
PAFMJ-Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal. 2014; 64 (2): 295-297
in English
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ABSTRACT
Hand washing can be regarded as one of the most effective and important hygiene promotion programmes for community as well as hospital based settings. A cross sectional survey was carried out at Military Hospital, Rawalpindi, over 03 months from September to November 2012. The survey was conducted to assess the knowledge, attitude and self-reported hand washing practice among healthcare staff [nurses] working in family OPD and ward. Data was entered and analyzed in SPSS 16. Descriptive statistics was used in the form of numbers and percentages. It was believed by 95% of staff that handwashing can reduce infection rates in hospitals. Among the respondents, 24.2% expressed strong dissent on washing hands only with water, however, 22.5% considered it enough. Patients never [50%], sometimes [21.7%], seldom [19.2%], often [9.2%] asked health care staff about hand washing. Staff reported their practice of hand washing before touching patients as often [32.5%], sometimes [37.5%], seldom [20.8%] and never [9.2%]
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Index:
IMEMR (Eastern Mediterranean)
Language:
English
Journal:
Pak. Armed Forces Med. J.
Year:
2014
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